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Guess Tila Tequila is in jeopardy of having to hock her 17-carat diamond "engagement" ring from her "fiance" (Casey Johnson, the Johnson & Johnson heiress, who by the way is out on bail herself for grand theft) since the Chargers' Shawne Merriman is now suing her nip-slipping a$$ according to TMZ...

In the lawsuit, filed in US District Court, Merriman claims Tila posted all sorts of lies on her website, including stories that Merriman "choked and attacked" her, "sleeps with minors and forces them to take drugs," and that he manufactures drugs in his home.

Shawne also claims in the docs that Tila admitted her lying scheme, at one time stating, "yes that is why I did a 'spin' now ... cuz now everyone is LOVINGGGG me."

Merriman isn't suing for defamation though -- instead he's suing for intentional interference with contract and unfair competition as well as trademark infringement ... because Merriman claims she used his famous "Lights Out" logo on her website. Merriman also claims Tila's accusations screwed up a deal to produce a line of T-shirts for Walmart.

Hope she enjoyed showing her boobies at Snoop Dogs party because it looks like bad days are ahead for this particular media whore.